After opting out of his contract and looking for a better deal elsewhere, swingman Devean George is coming back to Dallas. George has agreed to a roughly $2.4 million, one-year deal. ... Atlanta signed first-round draft picks Al Horford and Acie Law to multi-year contracts.

MOTORSPORTS

Ex-publicist gets more jail time

NASCAR has determined the springs it confiscated from the No. 5 Busch Series Chevrolet of Kyle Busch after last Saturday's race at Daytona International Speedway are legal. ... Former NASCAR publicist Richard Norman "Chip" Williams, 50, pleaded guilty in Greensboro, N.C., to several charges, including statutory rape and taking indecent liberties with a child, for his relationship with a young girl. He was sentenced to between 20 years and 24 years and nine months, to run concurrently with a federal sentence of 26 years on charges that he had a sexual relationship with a girl who was 11 years old when they met online in 2002.

ELSEWHERE

Fresno State loses $5.85 million suit

Lindy Vivas, a former Fresno State volleyball coach, was awarded $5.85 million by a jury that ruled the school discriminated against her for speaking up on behalf of female athletes. ... Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to form a government department to oversee spending for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi in an effort to prevent embezzlement. ... San Diego Chargers rookie Anthony Waters was charged in Myrtle Beach, S.C., with hitting a man who threw a rock at his car on a highway. ... Kenneth A. MacAfee, 77, who played pro football for the New York Giants in the 1950s, has died in Massachusetts. ... Missouri senior basketball forward Kalen Grimes, the Tigers' leading rebounder last season, was suspended indefinitely after a weekend incident in Florissant, Mo. Florissant police deferred questions until today. ... Joe Pasternack, an assistant coach at California since 2001, was hired Monday by New Orleans as their new men's basketball coach. ... Ralph Bernstein, 85, who peppered coaches and players alike with tough questions for nearly a half-century while covering the Philadelphia sports scene for The Associated Press, has died of cancer.